–he had much lower stool flora diversity, took longtime to replenish after antibiotics for diverticulitis

–now exploring stoolmicrobiome

(see e.g.,uBiome) correlating stoolmetagenomics

withclinicalCrohn's

February 26, 2013: I. Sim

Research Informatics

Epi 206—

Medical Informatics

February 26, 2013: I. Sim

Research Informatics

Epi 206—

Medical Informatics

The point of this article is that the combination of trend-revealinggraphs of time series of individual biochemical markers, withpopulation-wide comparisons to people with different healthoutcomes, is transforming biomedical research, and ultimatelyclinical care, into an entirely new paradigm. In this new world, webecome personally responsible for monitoring our bodies,noticing deviations from trends, and making appropriatechanges. Use of this paradigm will allow us to avoid many oftoday’s chronic disease states. In coming decades, the newmodel will be “maintenance of wellness” rather than “treatment ofchronic illness.”